Waterproof footwear



`lan. l0, 1928. 1,655,652

T. J. KEMPER WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR Filed July 26. 1926 INVENTOR Thomas J fmper ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

` unirse STATES THOMAS J. KEMPER, OF BRONX, NEW YORK.

WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR.

Application filed July 26,

This invention relates generally to shoes or boots, and has more particular reference to a novel type of `waterproof shoe or boot. Q

e The invention has for an object the provision of an improved boot which is watertight, and so constructed to be efficiently capable of withstanding certain strains.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are l more particularly set forth.

Referring to the drawing forming a material part of this disclosurez- Fig. l is la side elevation of a boot, or the like, constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

F ig. d is a side elevational view of a boot constructed according to a modified form of this invention, a portion thereof being broken away to disclose certain interior parts.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View taken in the direction of the arrows 5-5 of Fig. 4:.

The device is formed with a sole element 10 preferably made of rubberized fabric, and a heel element 11 of the same material, which is waterproof, nonskiddable, and attached in the customary manner to the shoe upper 12, formed by a pair or more of cloths 13 and 14. The parts 13 and 14, are stiched together as shown at 16, so as to present a unitary member. An outside covering 17 is next applied over the first mentioned parts. This covering 17 is formed of a cloth front material 18 cravenetted and rubberized on the reverse side, indicated at 19, forming a fabric stretcha-bie in the direction of tbe height of the boot due to the texture of the cloth 18 permitting stretching along its length but not its width.

A diagonal non-stretchable bracer 2O preferably made of canvas or leather is placed between the covering 1( and the member 15,

it being of course understood that the invention is not limited to the exact position of this'bracer. n

Near the sole and heel 10, y11, a leather 5e covering 21 with a baclr sheet of rubber 22 1926. Serial INT1-124,861.

is suitablyl attached by stitches 23 to the member 18.

The diagonal non-stretchable bracer v20 may'hurt the foot of the wearer, andto obviate this condition, the invention may be modiiied as shown in Figs. i and 5. A pair of guides 24C and 25 are` attached to the inside of the shoe above and below the bracer. The guides are formed with slots 24a and 25a, and a pocket 26 with end slides 27 engage the guides, whereby the pocket may be adjusted to a desirable position, the

pocket of course being filled with suitableA packing.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I `relize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing thefform of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit' or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. A boot comprising an interior unita-ry member formed of a plurality of cloths, an exterior cover of fabric consisting of textile material, cravenetted and rubberized on one side, a lower leather covering suitably at-` tached to said exterior cover, and a diagonal non-stretchable'bracer between said unitary member and cover.

2. A boot comprising an interior unitary member formedof a plurality of cloths suitably stitched together, an exterior cover of composite fabric consisting of textile material cravenetted 'and rubberized on one side, a lower leather'covering suitably attached to said exterior cover, and a diagonal non-stretchable bracer between said unitary member and cover.

8. A boot comprising an interior unitary member formed cfa plurality of cloths an exterior cover of composite fabric rubberized on the back side, a lower leather covering suitably attached to said exterior cover, and a diagonal non-stretehable bracer between said unitary member and cover.

ll. A boot comprising an exterior unitary member formed of a plurality of cloths, an exterior cover of composite fabric consisting of textile material, cravenetted and rub- L berized on one side7 a lower leather covering suitably attached to said exterior cover7 by means of stitching, and a diagonal nonstretchable bracer between said unitary member and cover. y A

5. A boot comprising an interior unitary member formed of a plurality of-cloths,ian exterior cover of composite fabric consisting of textile material Irubberized on one side7 a lower leather covering suitably attached to saidexterior Cover, a diagonal non-stretchable bracer between said unitary member and'cover, andan adjustable pocket behind said bracein side, la lower leather covering suitably attached to said exterior Cover, a diagonal nonst-retehable bracer between said unitar member and cover and an ad]ustable poe et behindsaiid bracer, consisting of a pair of guides, slide members in saidguides, and a pocketattachedto said `slide i members.

rInltestimony lwhereof Ihave aiixed my signature.

THOMAS J. KEMPER. 

